Discovery’s Edge: Storytelling on research discoveries at Mayo Clinic

Healing open wounds with regenerative medicineImagine a condition bad enough to eat a hole through your body that cannot be surgically repaired. That’s how bad Crohn’s disease can be. Now, a team of Mayo Clinic researchers has found a way to repair that hole using a person’s own stem cells.

Last–moment, lifesaving technology: Aortic aneurysmsThe aneurysm could burst at any time. The patient was told to settle his affairs, that nothing could be done. Then, a second chance: a research procedure, an experimental stent and a willingness to try everything possible.

Finding answers for bipolar disorder from a biobankAfter years of trial-and-error medication, patients with bipolar disorder are being treated with drugs that are more likely to match their genetic makeup. In turn, genetic research findings based on biobanked samples are helping psychiatrists link genes to conditions to find better therapies.